Gender and Work: Assessment and Application of Super’s Theory – Career Maturity
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The present study discussed the issue of gender and career maturity which operated on Super‟s Theory of career development. The aim was to examine the effects of gender on career maturity among counseling students in a public university in Malaysia. The Career Maturity Inventory by Crites (1995) was utilized as the major instrument for the study. Seventy-six participants comprising 35 males and 41 females were recruited. Results indicated that females in general exhibited higher career maturity compared to male participants. This supported the notion that gender has significant impact on one‟s career maturity.
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